It gets even more confusing when you have a chance of not meeting the character(Spout Man) in one of the games, and then in the next game, his name changes(Aqua Man) and everyone acts as though they've met him before.

I greatly prefer the middle one, but then, I'm a sucker for understatement.

The one on the left has good art, but it's overshadowed by the title, which is gaudy as well. The one on the right is obviously aiming for "old school" (and I applaud it for that), but really only manages to hit "campy".

I'd agree that it has the best typeface, but not the best typography. The date is both larger and higher on the page than the actual movie title, making it the focal point even above the graphic. If it was much smaller and not italic, it would be okay where it is.

I think "MEGA MAN" looks pretty classy, though.

In comparison to the others, the typography in the first (left) poster looks like it was cut and pasted, not to mention that it appears to be directed at a younger audience, which is not a marketing choice I would have made given the height of Mega Man's popularity. Also, make up your mind. Too many different styles going on here; look at the date towards the bottom. The third (right) poster's typography is adequate, but nothing special. It fits the theme.

The first one is most in-line with traditional movie posters. It really does look like a poster for an Anime movie. It may not be your "cup-of-tea" but it is pretty spot on for a poster.

The middle one, I do not like. It breaks too many rules for a movie poster. For one thing, the date takes precedent because it is so large and underlined. Secondly, the movie title is not prominent enough. The text choice in general is very bad. Weak, Grey, thin text? Adding a slight italicism to a sans-serif font doesn't make it cool. One more thing, you really want a movie poster that doesn't even show your main characters face? As it is now, its literally just an outline of a helmet. You gotta think about the larger audience here, not just hardcore fans. Non-Megaman fans are going to look at that poster and say "Wtf?". Finally, the poster offers no plot hints, no taglines, no website, no characters, no weapons, absolutely nothing special. It has a great smooth and artsy feel to it, it has the highest aesthetic value of the three, but that does not make a movie poster.

Third one is my favorite. Very clean and direct. "Mega Man The Movie" is unmistakable. It's not only got the date, but it also has a neat tagline. It shows off the main character and another important character beside him. The colorful NES sprites at the bottom are perfect. It's even got an obvious website. This is near perfect, though it looks a little too video-gameish and not enough movie-ish. Even so, it is great that the poster is sticking close to its pixelated origin.

I think if he left the date all huge and underline on the middle one, but removed the title it would have been the most poignant of them all. If he damaged the helm it would have been even more awesome, but reminded me of the batman poster with his broken mask.

Personally, the killing blow was the font choice. Also, considering how minimalist that poster was.

It would be awesome if there was just a good serif font that wrote "Coming Soon" below the helmet, just 0.5x larger then the information text below. Also add the website text below and you got a winner. The middle one was my favourite out of the 3. But the poor font choice and date placement killed it.

We don't know the brief for the project, we don't know whether the movie is targeted towards adults or kids, or fans or people who have never heard of the movie. If the movie were a pixel animation, then the best one is the third one. If it isnt, then it misrepresents the movie entirely.

OP is basically asking which one looks the "best" to the people of reddit. IMO, while it is not mind blowing, the middle stands out as the most attractive.

In poster design, though, there's something called a "Teaser" poster that would appear many months before the movie comes out. They usually have reeeaaally big dates and sometimes don't have the movie's name at all. I think the second one is best, but only as a teaser poster. But of course, then there wouldn't be that small text at the bottom...

The first one seems the most believable. The second one looks like the "alternative" poster that'll inevitably get posted by the pretentious artsy people on r/movies once the first one comes out, and the third one is what r/games would wet its collective pants on to have had instead.

I like the first one to be honest. It packs the most punch. The second one is a very classic flat-colour symbolistic poster, a style that gets far too much attention imho, especially on r/movies, because honestly it works for so few films, those that are actually very symbolic and figurative. The last one would not even leave the table of the artist who drew it.

The first one looks positively believable, and I'd definitely go an see a movie with a poster like that

This. The first one is the only believable movie poster. The second one wouldn't ever get the final cut, no matter how you put it. Sure it might look the nicest, but there's no way it would attract the general audience. The third one isn't even a movie poster.

the middle one, i dont like the left one becuase of the modern look of megaman, i like the classic look better, and the right one is too much of a pixel look. i like the minimalistic look of the middle one

I've never seen X with his "helmet" removed, as far as I have seen that is just X's head and not a removable helmet (even though he can upgrade it and such). Where as I have seen Megaman with his helmet removed.

Command mission didn't have Megaman from the battlenet series, so marking that down, and I don't like the copy paste megamans on the third one, and I love the simpleness of the helmet in the middle, so That one wins.

I would go for the middle one with a new typeface, that thin sans just falls short for me. As a whole the one on the right is the most completely unified piece, and personally I love the pixelated look (since my and many others first experience with Mega Man was a pixelated game). The only thing I don't like are the multiple Mega Mans/Men at the bottom, feels disjointed from the rest of the piece. Not sure off the top of my head what would remedy this, but a little more work and you'll be golden.

In short a little more work on the middle and right, repost, and I'll vote.

I think that the first one would be determined to be the best if voting was done by moviegoers as a whole. However, since this is Reddit, the futuristic/minimalistic middle poster will be voted as the best. Just my thoughts.

We were doing this on downtime at work so we had a little bit of time pressure thats why the middle one is lacking in text. He had some ideas and ended up with this when we had to do some actual work. I would also love to see him finishing the text. For the movie credits yeah the time pressure thing

I think they are all good, but I prefer the middle one over the others. I like the minimalist look, especially when people can pull it off (like whoever did the middle poster) without taking away from it at all.

Sorry to go against the word, but I don't like the middle one that much. Minimal style works great for some things, but for me I don't think it is working at all for the poster. I am leaning towards the 1st or 3rd one:

The first since I like anime and video games, which the 1st definitely reminds me of.

The 3rd because it would be awesome to see a movie poster with the original pixelated look of megaman on it.

I would have to say the middle one. It does a good job of drawing in curiosity and leaves enough for a fan to fill in the pieces themselves. With the left and right poster the interpretation is forced, but the middle piece leaves one wanting.

middle. i would've picked the one on the right if it didn't remind me of the terrible emulator filters. although, maybe its just the jpg compression because even in the middle poster the text is completely unreadable.

The second one would be PERFECT if it had a different/thicker font, and switched the movie date with the name (or just re-arranged the text in general).

Since it's a movie poster, it's supposed to be eye-catching and noticeable from far away. With such a thin font, from a distance it blends into the background, and you wouldn't be able to read anything at all. Also, in print, a thin font such as that would be difficult to print well.

As a graphic designer, and a gamer. I would have to say that I could have like the middle one the most, but, the typography just seems weird. I love simple and clean but the typography is just off. The first one would be best for an actual poster. But as I look more, I really do like the third one. I think my personal favorite is the third one.

All three are wonderful. I like them all for different reasons, but if i had to pick one i would pick the left, due to there being just a little missing from the middle (too much empty space) and the sprite on the right not really pertaining to the genre of what the movie would probably be with the current stages of animation.

The first one is the best if it's a cartoon, the second if it's live-action, and the third if it's done in video game style (like Journey to the Center of Hawkthorne). All of which I would watch the shit out of.

Left:
Composition is not great on the far left one. The balance is way on the blue side and X's beam shouldn't disappear off-screen the way it does.

Middle:
Although the date wouldn't be my first choice as the largest font, I think this one has the best composition and keeps the viewers eye focused.

Right:
This one has my favorite content, but there are too many colors for the viewer so their eyes likely won't be drawn to any one location. Also, the grew shadow in the title doesn't fit with the rest of the image's aesthetic.